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Candide

by: Voltaire

Publication date: 2007-03-09

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: librivox, voltaire, candide

Language: English

Item Size: 688.2M

Candide, ou l’Optimisme, (”Candide, or Optimism”) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. Voltaire never openly admitted to having written the controversial Candide; the work is signed with a pseudonym: “Monsieur le docteur Ralph”, literally “Mister Doctor Ralph.”Sardonic in outlook, it follows the naïve protagonist Candide from his first exposure to the precept that “all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds,” and on through a series of adventures that dramatically disprove that precept even as the protagonist clings to it.The novel satirizes naïve interpretations of the philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz and is a showcase of the horrors of the 18th century world. In Candide, Leibniz is represented by the philosopher Pangloss, the tutor of the title character. Despite a series of misfortunes and misadventures, which include being present at the Lisbon Earthquake, Pangloss continually asserts that “Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles” (”All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds”). The novel ends with Candide finally rejecting the optimism espoused by Pangloss, saying, “Il faut cultiver notre jardin” (”It is necessary to cultivate our garden”). Summary from Wikipedia

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00 - Introduction by Philip Littell

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01 - How Candide was brought up in a Magnificent Castle, and how he was expelled thence

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02 - What became of Candide among the Bulgarians

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03 - How Candide made his escape

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04 - How Candide found his old

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05 - Tempest, Shipwreck, Earthquake, and what became of Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and James the Anabaptist

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06 - How the Portuguese made a Beautiful Auto-da-fe, to prevent any further Earthquakes; and how Candide was publicly whipped

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07 - How an Old Woman took care of Candide and how he found the Object he Loved

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08 - The history of Cunegonde

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09 - What Became of Cunegonde, Candide, The Grand Inquisitor, And The Jew

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10 - In What Distress Candide, Cunegonde, And The Old Woman Arrived at Cadiz; And Of Their Embarkation

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11 - History of The Old Woman

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12 - The Adventures of The Old Woman Continued

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13 - How Candide was forced away from fair Cunegonde and the Old Woman

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14 - How Candide and Cacambo Were Recieved by the Jesuits of Paraguay

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15 - How Candide Killed The Brother of His Dear Cunegonde

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16 - Adventures of the Two Travellers, with Two Girls, Two Monkeys, and the Savages called Oreillons

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17 - Arrival of Candide and his Valet at El Dorado, and what they saw there

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18 - What they saw in the Country of El Dorado

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19 - What Happened to them at Surinam

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20 - What Happened at Sea to Candide and Martin

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21 - Candide and Martin, Reasoning, Draw Near the Coast of France

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22 - What Happened in France to Candide and Martin

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23 - Candide and Martin Touched Upon the Coast of England

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24 - Of Paquette and Friar Giroflee

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25 - Candide and Martin Pay a Visit to Seignor Pococurante, a Noble Venetian

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26 - Of a Supper with Six Strangers

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27 - Voyage to Constantinople

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28 - What Happened to Them

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29 - How Candide Found Cunegonde

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30 - The Conclusion

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